The logging in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest began in August before hitting a legal pause in early September.

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Donald Trump, who vowed to reduce inflation if re-elected, insists he has succeeded in this campaign promise, despite opinion polls showing low approval ratings for his economic strategy.

A federal appeals court in Chicago issued a mixed opinion Thursday in a high-profile immigration case, blocking the immediate ...

The Trump administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely.

This “really reckless” behavior could have been avoided if the Biden administration had not refused to enforce the laws of ...

US President Donald Trump fumed Thursday after an opinion poll showed his economic approval ratings have hit a new low.

At one point en vogue, then politically risky, calls to overhaul and even dissolve immigration agencies are growing among ...

The president's obvious cognitive and physical decline, problems he and fellow Republicans created and his insistence on ...

It’s the Trump administration’s latest push to increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who has been charged ...

The Education Department said it had reached a proposed settlement with Missouri that would bring an end to Biden's "Saving ...

While hearing oral arguments in a case on campaign finance law, Sotomayor warned that if the Supreme Court removed the limits ...